Benefits of
Corporate Arts-based Learning
- Activities
such drawing, painting, carving, quiet the rational mind and awaken the
intuitive mind, which enable flashes of insight to occur.
- Visual
art teaches us to see more nuances & details about a subject.
Innovators, artists, and inventors all have excellent observation skills.
- Music
teaches us to listen more deeply, and this skill can be transferred to
leadership and management development
Learning how to
think like an artist means learning how to:
- Reframe
problems in order to generate new perspectives.
- Observe
information to decipher complexity, make meaning and discern emerging
futures.
- Find
relationships between unrelated ideas and events.
- Use
imagination to spark ideas
- Work
at the edge of your potential.
- Take
conceptual risks
- Work
within constraints
- Use
all the senses to surface insights
- Transform
vision into action
Art–based
learning for business can enhance:
- Artful
reflection: Learning to decode complexity and ambiguity
- Creative
leadership development
- Cultivating
Creativity & Innovation
- Collaboration
and teamwork
- Values
creation and meaningful work
- Appreciative
Inquiry and leading change
- Corporate
retreats: Hosting Strategic Conversations
- Meetings
and Think Tanks
- Culture
change
- New
product development
- Idea-generation
and problem-solving
- Role-playing
and improving communications